Follow TV Tropes

Following

History PlayingWith / MusicalThemeNaming

Go To

OR

Added: 143

Changed: 32

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Enforced''': The writer is a huge music buff.

to:

* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
**
The writer is a huge music buff.buff.
** The characters are the creator's interpretation of the song/album, so their name is in reference to this.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Don\'t ask me how exploited makes any sense.


* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

to:

* '''Parodied''': ???
'''Parodied''':The characters are all named after Music/WeirdAlYankovic songs.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The names of the characters seem like vague references to some songs, but the creator [[LyingCreator changes]] the [[FlipFlopOfGod origin of their names]] in interviews.



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

to:

* '''Invoked''': ???
A character tells parents that naming their kids after music of sorts will give them special and bizarre abilities.
* '''Exploited''': ???
The BigBad of the series breaks the fourth wall and gets the show in legal trouble in order to force them to change their names and thus further his plans.
* '''Defied''': ???The characters all change their names or use [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep nicknames]].

Added: 235

Changed: 1039

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Justified''': The characters heard the songs themselves and decided they would be good codenames.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

to:

* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
**
The characters heard the songs themselves and decided they would be good codenames.
** The world is literally based on music as a whole, and the names are just confirmations about it.
* '''Inverted''': ???
The characters are named for the various non-musical sounds that people make. [[NoIndoorVoice The constantly loud one]] is named "Shout," [[RamblingOldManMonologue the grumpy one who never stops talking]] is named "Ramble," etc.
* '''Subverted''': ???
At first, there's nobody who's not named after a song/composer/band/instrument, but then one character is named Steve.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Steve's dog is named [[Music/SteveVai Vaiper,]] misspelling intentional.



* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

to:

* '''Averted''': ???
Naming characters after musical elements is not a particular theme.
* '''Enforced''': ???
The writer is a huge music buff.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???The resident MetaGuy says "Like the [[MadLibsCatchphrase band/instrument/song?]]" every time someone says their name for the first time.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

to:

* '''Discussed''': ???
When the characters learn that everyone in the town they're visiting are all named under a common theme, one character quips "I'll betcha they're all based on music."
* '''Conversed''': ???"It seems having a musical naming convention is the norm these days." "[[DrinkingGame Take a shot!]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Justified''': ???

to:

* '''Justified''': ???The characters heard the songs themselves and decided they would be good codenames.

Added: 22

Changed: 9

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added standarized \'Playing With Wiki\' template


* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]]. Her servants include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(band) Wings]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran Duran Duran]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night the Three Dog Knight]].

to:

* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]]. Her servants include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(band) Wings]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran Duran Duran]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night the Three Dog Knight]].



Put another dime in the jukebox back at Main/MusicalThemeNaming.

to:

Put another dime in the jukebox back at Main/MusicalThemeNaming.MusicalThemeNaming






%%* '''Implied''': ???



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

to:

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? ???
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as Queen. Her servants include Wings, Duran Duran, and Three Dog Night.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. Allison and The Pretender stand alone against the Space Lord, and are cornered by his servants Razorface and Bat Out Of Hell while trying to escape on the Last Train To Clarksville.
* '''Downplayed''': No musical references are used other than songs, bands, albums, or terms that make sense as normal names. You may see characters named Layla, Mickey, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(album) Gordon]], or even Mean Mister Mustard, or eat some meat loaf in Allentown, but things like T'Pau or Nowhere Man are unlikely to show up as names.

to:

* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as Queen. the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]]. Her servants include Wings, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(band) Wings]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran Duran Duran, Duran]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night the Three Dog Night.Knight]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. Allison [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kmo2ZqS-nE Alison]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQiXQUGbac0 The Pretender Pretender]] stand alone against the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8V0r_sK2fw Space Lord, Lord]], and are cornered by his servants Razorface [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UyNKAJg9KA Razor Face]] and Bat Out Of Hell the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USfoTGFGARE Black Sheep]] while trying to escape on the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcD5hLvAruo Last Train To Clarksville.
Clarksville]].
* '''Downplayed''': No musical references are used other than songs, bands, albums, or terms that make sense as normal names. You may see characters named Layla, Mickey, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM Layla]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ Mickey]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(album) Gordon]], or even Mean [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gWeHO0yNk mean Mister Mustard, Mustard]], or eat some [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf meat loaf loaf]] in Allentown, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs Allentown]], but things like T'Pau [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27Pau_(band) T'Pau]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGGphnDMVDI Nowhere Man Man]] are unlikely to show up as names.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. Allison and The Pretender stand lone against the Space Lord, and are cornered by his servants Razorface and Bat Out Of Hell while trying to escape on the Last Train To Clarksville.

to:

* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. Allison and The Pretender stand lone alone against the Space Lord, and are cornered by his servants Razorface and Bat Out Of Hell while trying to escape on the Last Train To Clarksville.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

'''Basic Trope''': Characters, places, and/or other things in a work have names derived from music.
* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as Queen. Her servants include Wings, Duran Duran, and Three Dog Night.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. Allison and The Pretender stand lone against the Space Lord, and are cornered by his servants Razorface and Bat Out Of Hell while trying to escape on the Last Train To Clarksville.
* '''Downplayed''': No musical references are used other than songs, bands, albums, or terms that make sense as normal names. You may see characters named Layla, Mickey, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(album) Gordon]], or even Mean Mister Mustard, or eat some meat loaf in Allentown, but things like T'Pau or Nowhere Man are unlikely to show up as names.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
----
Put another dime in the jukebox back at Main/MusicalThemeNaming.
----

%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%%
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

Top